Goyt Way

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox hiking trail

|name=Goyt Way

|photo=Path Junction (geograph 5567138).jpg

|caption=Goyt Way fingerpost near Strines

|location=Greater Manchester and Derbyshire, England

|designation=

|length_mi=10

|trailheads=Etherow Country Park
Whaley Bridge

|use=Hiking

|elev_change=

|highest= Brookbottom,{{cite web |url=http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinksWalks/goyt-way-walking-route |title=Goyt Way Walking Route |publisher=GPS Cycle and Walking Routes |date= |accessdate=26 March 2018}} {{Convert|200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=OL1 Dark Peak area |url= |scale=1:25000 |series=Explorer }}

|lowest= River Goyt near Compstall, {{Convert|80|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=OL1 Dark Peak area |url= |scale=1:25000 |series=Explorer }}

|difficulty=

|season=

|sights=

|hazards=

}}

The Goyt Way is a {{convert|10|mi|adj=on}} walking route from Etherow Country Park, Greater Manchester, to Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire,{{cite web |url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Goyt+Way |title=Goyt Way |publisher=Long Distance Walkers Association |date= |accessdate=26 March 2018}} following the valley of the River Goyt. It is part of the longer Midshires Way, which in turn is part of the E2 European long-distance path. The path is waymarked, and intersects with the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk and the Peak District Boundary Walk. It passes through the following settlements: Compstall, Marple, Strines, Brookbottom, Hague Bar, New Mills and Furness Vale. In its latter stages, it follows the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal to its terminus at Whaley Bridge.

See also

References